Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the win on Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings. The Canucks and Red Wings played 65 minutes of hockey where both teams left everything on the ice. Reffing was horrible. David Booth was called for holding but a high-stick on Mason Raymond went undetected. Alex Burrows won it in a shootout.

Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the loss on Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators. Alex Burrows played in his 500th game, a big milestone. Roberto Luongo had a highlight save but Sami Salo did not help the cause in the Canucks heartbreaking loss.

Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the win on Sunday night over the Edmonton Oilers. On Friday, Daniel Sedin was 11th in league scoring while Henrik Sedin was 7th. As of Sunday night they now sit 7th and 4th respectively. Shawn Horcoff is a terrible, over-paid hockey player

Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the win on Saturday night win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. How bad were the Leafs tonight? Their best defensive play of the night came courtesy of Cody Hodgson’s broken stick that foiled David Booth on a breakaway. Game summarized in one play, see Sami Salo’s powerplay goal that made it 5-1.

Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the win on Monday night over the Phoenix Coyotes. Richard had visions of the shootout lasting 17 rounds with no one scoring. Vancouver finally won on a Ryan Kelser goal and a Roberto Luongo save combination. Kevin Bieksa dropped the gloves with Rusty Klesla at the end of overtime. No damage done.

Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the loss on Saturday night to the Calgary Flames. Michael Cammalleri and Roman Horak had regulation goals for the Flames, Cody Hodgson and David Booth countered for the Canucks, who lost for just the second time in the past eight contests.

NHL conference realignment is coming. There’s a lot to digest here, so let’s look at 5 things that stand out for the Vancouver Canucks. Daniel Sedin, and Henrik Sedin, and Roberto Luongo aren’t getting any younger, so less travel will be right up their alley. On Saturday, Hockey Night in Canada revealed a new realignment proposal being pushed hard by Gary Bettman. 48 hours later, it’s been approved by the NHL Board of Governors.

Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges points out there have been few rivalries in the NHL over the past few years that can compete with the bad blood brewed between the Vancouver Canucks and their most hated opponents. The Bruins vs. Canucks and Milan Lucic and Ryan Kesler is a matchup he wants to see more often.